DJL Dishes Dessert: Snowballs!

With this being a big season of baking, I thought it was time to deliver a new dish.  Now, this dish is pretty simple, thanks to the fabulous and creative Angie Dudley of Cake pop and Cake ball fame.  You all might know her as Bakerella from http://www.bakerella.com/.  Anyways, today we're dishing on, you guessed it, cake balls made into snowballs!

Snowball Cake Balls Recipe

Ingredients:


~ White cake prepared according to box mix
~ 1 canister of vanilla frosting
~ Blue and white candy melts
~ Blue and white sparkly sugar


Instructions:


~ Crumble the baked and cooled cake in a large bowl.  Be careful not to spill the crumbled cake out of the bowl while crumbling and crushing.
~ Add about 3/4 of the canister of vanilla frosting to the cake crumbles.
~ Mix well with a wooden spoon.  The mixture should have a slightly moist appearance.
~ On a cookie sheet lined with wax paper, roll cake mixture into 1-1.5 inch balls.
~ Place cake balls into refrigerator to help them set.


Coating Instructions:

~ Choose your color of candy melt (I picked white and blue for the winter theme).

~ Place candy melts into a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 1 minute.

~ Stir melted candy coating with a fork or spoon until nice and smooth.

~ Take cake balls out of the refrigerator and add into the melted candy coating.

~ Roll the cake balls to coat evenly, using a pair of forks to remove excess coating.

~ Place the cake balls back on the cookie sheet, sprinkling sparkling sugar over the top.

~ Let the candy coating dry, then serve and enjoy!

Top Ten Tuesday - Top Ten Books on My TBR List for Winter

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, a state that you don't have to worry about being deprived of more books as long as you're near a library.  This week's Top Ten is:

Top Ten Books on My TBR List for Winter

(In no particular order)

1. How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper 

I'd been wanting to read this one for awhile, and with the coming of the cooler weather, it's time to do so at long last!

2. Nocturne by Syrie James
Same applies to this one as with my first book, and don't you just love that cover? So wintry white with a rose and blood on the snow that just stands out in stark contrast!

3. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
I think it's about time to finally read my boarding school book that I've had since...spring?

4. A Brush of Darkness by Allison Pang

This one will probably be first since it's In Transit to my library branch. And after the awesome power of The Scorpio Races, I'll need something like this for adult lit.

5. Awake at Dawn by C.C. Hunter

After Born at Midnight, I was really excited about this one being released this year, too. I wonder how Hunter will depict Texas winters...or if it takes place close to winter.

6. Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore

Showing more love for my Texas-born authors, especially with the book that takes place in my parents' current home area, the hill country!

7. Lost on Brier Island by JoAnn Yhard

You've got to have a seascape book to escape the "winter doldrums."

8. Ties to the Blood Moon by Robin P. Waldrop

A book based in Alaska during winter...yes, I will definitely need the blanket while reading this title, and looking forward to it, too!

9. The Avalon Chronicles: Volume 1 by Nunzio DeFilippis

I had to sneak in a graphic novel somewhere! 

10. Friendship Bread by Darien Gee

And how can you have a winter list of books without a baking book in there?  Bet you were expecting an actual baking cookbook, weren't you?  Well, there will be plenty of those, but you're not really reading them so much as following the recipes...or looking through the photos (like me).